Born free and equal, photographs of the loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center, Inyo County, California, by Ansel Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manzanar War Relocation Center.

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Japanese Americans.

United States.

Concentration camps--California--Manzanar--1940-1950.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Portrait photographs -- 1940-1950.

Group portraits -- 1940-1950.

Physical Description:

112 p. illus. (incl. ports.) 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, U.S. Camera, 1944.

Summary:

Contains Ansel Adams's photographs of the Manzanar internment camp, published in 1944 by U.S. Camera along with a text by Adams.

Contents:

Foreword

A young couple at their Manzanar home

Sunlight and space dwell in the Owens Valley

The Land

The huge wall of the Sierra Nevada rises on the west....

And the high barren wave of the Inyo Range on the east

Most of the land is arid....

From which the people have created farms, gardens and the pleasure park

Is her future only a hope and not an assurance?

Manzanar is only a detour on the road of American citizenship

The Place

It lies on the sage-covered plain, a city built of shacks and patience

The cemetery monument suggests eternity

The human challenge rises over all America

The History

The spirit of Manzanar is fleeting and impermanent

The Office of Reports publishes the Manzanar Free Press

Roy M. Takeno, former editor, is now relocated....

Also relocated are business manager Yuichi Hirata and his wife, Fumiko

The work-offer board is the first step....

Departure on relocation is the great adventure

A woodworker

The People

An American family: Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura....

Older daughter, Joyce Yukiko Nakamura....

Younger daughter, Louise Tamiko Nakamura

A Manzanar household

Old and young alike eat in the block mess halls

The evacuees wait in line for their meals....

A young lawyer and his family

Evacuation struck the very young....

And the very old: Nobutero Harry Sumida, Spanish-American War veteran

"Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart."

Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi of the Manzanar Hospital (now relocated)

Experienced in many fields....

Relaxing in the nurses quarters

One son of the Yonemitsu family is in the U.S. Army....

Another son is an x-ray technician in the Manzanar Hospital

There are many Catholics, Protestants and Buddhists at Manzanar

Here is a student of divinity

Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc.

Here is an accountant and business man....

An electrician

And a student of journalism....

A garment designer

Cutting patterns....

A welder

A tractor farmer....

A tractor and diesel expert....

And a student of diplomacy

The Manzanar Farms

This truck driver works hard....

On the north farm of Manzanar

Our president has said that every loyal American citizen, regardless of his ancestry, should be given the opportunity to serve his country wherever his skills will make the greatest contribution, whether it be in industry or in agriculture

Repair work in the fields

The young people receive extensive vocational training

Bundling and shipping locally made work garments

Here is a rubber chemist

There are competent stenographers and secretaries

All like baseball and other sports

Many sing in the Manzanar High School choir

Private Kato, United States Army

The Japanese-American Combat Team

Corporal Jimmie Shohara, home from training camp....

And his ribbons. (Overseas Service and Citation ribbons are worn by many Nisei soldiers)

Japanese-American combat team in action

A WAC private

A United States cadet nurse

The Problem

In the presence of the ancient mountains the people of Manzanar await their destiny

Conclusion.

Notes:

No copyright renewal found, Sept. 2001.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Max Rambod Inc.

Kislak Center copy has bookseller's description of this copy laid in.

OCLC:

1289729